Ejector for motion picture apparatus of the magazine type



April 4, 1939. o. WITTEL 2,153,229

EJECTOR FOR MOTION PICTURE APPARATUS OF THE MAGAZINF TYPF:

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Patented Apr. 4, 1939 UNITED STATES EJECTOR FOR MOTION PICTURE APPARA- TUS OF THE MAGAZINE TYPE Otto Wittel, Rochester, N. Y., assignor, by mesne assignments, to Eastman Kodak Company, Jersey City, N. .L, a corporation of New Jersey Application January 11, 1935, Serial No. 1,372

Claims.

The present invention relates to an ejecting means for removing film magazines from motion picture apparatus and more particularly to an ejector which moves said film magazine'into a 5 position in which the magazine is more accessible to the operator.

When film magazines are mounted compactly in motion picture apparatus, the removal of these magazines from the apparatus is oftentimes very inconvenient and awkward.

The primary object of the present invention is the provision, in a motion picture apparatus of the magazine type, of an ejecting means for moving a film magazine to a more accessible position upon opening of the apparatus.

Another object of the invention is the provision in a motion picture apparatus containing a film magazine of an ejecting means which is operated by the cover of the magazine chamber in the apparatus and which displaces the film magazine so that it may be readily grasped by the operator.

A further object of the invention is the provision in a magazine chamber of a positioning means which engages the film magazine to hold it in position and which assists in ejecting the magazine from the chamber after said magazine has been laterally displaced a predetermined amount.

Still another object of the invention is the provision of positioning means within a magazine chamber which cooperate with an ejecting means so that displacement of the film magazine by the ejecting means causes the positioning means also to function as an ejector.

Other and further objects of the invention will occur to those skilled in the art by the disclosure 1 which follows. 40 The above and other objects of the invention are obtained in a motion picture apparatus having a magazine chamber and cover therefor, having a positioning or resilient means for maintaining the film magazine in an operative position, and including an ejecting means which displaces the magazine upon opening of the cover to move said magazine into an accessible position. The positioning or resilient means may be composed of a spring with a curved portion which will act to locate the magaine in its operative position, but which will also act to eject the magazine after a predetermined lateral displacement there of by the ejecting means upon opening of the cover.

Reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawing, wherein similar reference characters designate similar elements and wherein:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a motion picture camera containing a film magazine and having a cover which is shown in open position.

Fig. 2 is a crosssection of the assembled camera and magazine taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary section through the camera taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, showing the cover in closed position and indicating, by dotted lines, an open position of the cover.

While the invention is to be described in connection with a motion picture camera, it is understood that the features of the invention are equally advantageous when the invention is applied to other motion picture apparatus of the magazine type, such as projectors or viewing devlces.

In the illustrated embodiment of my invention, the camera comprises a casing it having a side wall II and a lateral wall i2. The lateral wall I2 is provided with a recess it 'along its upper edge. A photographic objective I! is ailixed in a known manner to the front of the camera casing ID.

A cover I5 is pivotally connected to the easing Ill by a pair of hinges l8 and has a rim ll which cooperates with the recess l3 of the easing Ill to form a light-tight connection between said casing l0 and the cover I5.

A mechanism plate It is intermediately located within the casing l0 and forms one side of the magazine chamber therein. A cover plate l8 encloses one side of a mechanism chamber which extends. along the front lateral wall l2 of the casing Ill and which is enclosed at the rear by a transverse plate 20. A positioning spring 2| is attached to cover plate i9 by a bolt 22 and extends over the edge of transverse plate 20 into the magazine chamber for a purpose later to be described. The transverse plate 20 is provided with an embossing 23.

The film magazine 24 may be of conventional type but is preferably of the type disclosed in my co-pending application Serial No. 620,176, filed June 30, 1932, for Method and apparatus for feeding motion picture film. The film magazine has a side wall 25, a cover 26 and an edge or lateral wall 21. The front lateral wall 21 of film magazine 24 carries a rivet 28 which is located to register with the embossing 23 on transverse plate 20 when the film magazine is placed in operative position within the magazine chamber.

The lower edge of film-magazine 24 is supported by a bar 29 which has a head 30 engagingtheedgewailofmagasine near oneend and which is provided with a threaded bore Ii containing a threaded stud I2. The stud it forms an adjustable support for the magazine 24 near its front end and is available through the threaded bore ii for adjustment. A plurality of emboasings SI are positioned at desired locations on mechanism plate I. and engage the side wall II of the film magazine 24 when it is in operative position within the camera. The film magasine may be op ated by a clutch element 84 which extends through mechanism plate II to engage an appropriate part on the film magazine and which may be driven by suitable means within the camera, such as a spring motor (not shown).

A plurality of positioning or resilient means are located within the magazine chamber and enclosed by the casing II and its cover it. Such a means may include a spring I! which is fastened by rivets I. to the mechanism plate I! and which has a curved portion 35', see Fig. 3, or such means may be provided by a spring 81 whichalsohasacurvedportiontl' andwhich may be fastened to the side wall I! of easing ill, see Hg. 2. The mechanism plate I! is provided with a recess II for the spring l'i. An additional spring 8| is also mounted within the magazine chamber but performs only a positioning function and does not assist in ejecting the film magazine It as do the springs It and II.

when the film magazine 24 is in operative pm sition. as shown by the full lines in Fig. 3, the side wall II is parallel to mechanism plate It and springs II and 81 centrally engage the lateral wall 21 of the magazine. In this manner springs 8i and 81 urge the magazine 24 against head 8| and threaded stud II, and urge rivet 28 against embossing 28. At the same time, positioning spring 2i engages the cover 26 of the film magazine 14 and urges the side wall of the magazine against the embossings SI. In this manner the film magazine 24 is quite accurately located within the magazine chamber of the camera. Obviously, the small clearances between the lateral walls I! of the casing iii and the lateral walls 21 of the film magazine 24 would make it diiiicult to remove the film magazine from this operative position in which it is resiliently held. Consequently, the outstanding feature of the invention is the provision of an ejecting means which will facilitate the removal of the film magazine from the magazine chamber.

The ejecting means comprises an operative connection which is actuated upon movement of the cover II to open position and which includes a member for engaging and laterally displacing the film m 24 within the magazine chamber. Such ejecting means may be composed of hinged braces which are pivotally connected to the casing II and to the cover it. A hinged brace 40 is pivotally connected at one end by a screw II to 9. lug l! on the interior of cover it and is pivotaily connected at the other end by a stud II to a second brace 44. The brace 44 is pivotally connected to the rear lateral wall I! of casing II by a screw 48 which extends through a forming 40 to provide clearance between brace 44 and the inner surface of lateral wall If. Brace 44 has an arm 41 on which is positioned a pin 48. A tongue 4! is opposite arm 41 and is adapted to abut against the mechanism plate it to limit the opening of cover ll, see Fig. 2. The mechanism plate ii is provided with an opening Bil.

In closed position of the camera cover II, the

hinged braces II and 44 assume a folded position, as indicated by the dotted lines in Pig. 2. and the pin II is below the mechanism plate ll under the opening 80 in the position illustrated in Fig. 8. In this closed position of cover II the film magazine 24 is pressed into operative position and is properly located, as previously explained, by the pressure of springs II, 81, and 30 to urge the magazine against head I! and threaded stud I2 and to force rivet 28 against embossing 23.

After the operating cycle of the apparatus, such as exposure of the film within the magazine, has been completed, the cover II is raised. the hinged braces 40 and 44 are rotated, and pin I rises through the opening 50 and strikes against the side wall II of film magazine II. Continued opening movement of the cover it causes additional raising movement of the pin ll and film magazine 24 is elevated with respect to the curved portions and fl' -on springs SI and 31. When the lower edge of film magazine 24 passes the summits of the curved portions ll and ll of respective springs 35 and 31, the resilient action of said springs raises the film magazine ll still farther. In fact, the action of these springs may lift the magazine 24 from the pin 48. The ejected position of the magazine II and an intermediate open position of the cover I! are illustrated by the dotted lines in Fig. 3.

Many modifications of the invention disclosed herein may be made without departing from the spirit of said invention. The scope of the invention is defined in the appended claims.

Having now particularly described my invention what I desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States and what I claim is:

1. In a motion picture apparatus, the combination with a casing providing a chamber for a film magazine, and resilient means within said chamber for engaging and locating a film magazine in an operative position within said chamber and formed to move said magazine after a predetermined displacement from said operative position into a more accessible position, of an ejecting means for moving the film magazine from said operative position and eflecting said predetermined displacement of said magazine.

2. In a motion picture apparatus, the combination with a casing providing a chamber for a film magazine, and a spring within said chamber having a portion for engaging and locating a film magazine in an operative position and having another portion for engaging the magazine after a predetermined displacement of said magazine from said operative position and for moving the film magazine into a more accessible position, oi an ejecting means for displacing the film magazine a predetermined distance from said operative position in engagement with the first-mentioned portion of said spring so that the secondmentioned portion of said spring may displace said magazine still farther into said accessible position.

I 3. In a motion'picture apparatus, the combination with a casing providing a chamber for a film magazine, and a spring within said chamber having a curved portion for centrally engaging the film magazine and maintaining the same in operative position and also for engaging the edge of said magazine after a predetermined displacement to move the magazine into a more accessible position, of an ejecting means connected to said cover and for displacing the film magazine a predetermined distance from said operative position so that the curved portion oi said spring engages the edge of said magazine and ejects it farther from said chamber.

4. In a motion picture apparatus, the combina-'- tion with a casing provided with a magazine chamber into which a film magazine having lateral walls and an edge may be laterally inserted, a cover for enclosing said chamber and movable to uncover the same, and a spring within said chamber having a portion curved convexly with respect to the lateral walls of the inserted magazine for engaging centrally the lateral walls of said magazine to maintain the same in operative position and for engaging the edge of said magazine after a predetermined lateral movement thereof to move said magazine farther trom'said operative position, of an ejecting means connected to said cover and for laterally displacing said magazine upon opening of said cover to bring the edge of said magazine into engagement with the curved portion 01' said spring.

5. In a motion picture apparatus, the combination with a casing providing a magazine chamber adapted to receive a laterally inserted film magazine and containing a mechanism plate which forms one side of said chamber and which is provided with an opening, a cover hinged to said casing for enclosing the same but movable to an open position, and a spring within said chamber having a curved portion for maintaining said magazine in operative position and for urging said magazine, after a predetermined lateral displacement, into an accessible position, of a hinged brace pivotally connected between said cover and said casing and having a pin which enters the opening in said mechanism plate in enclosing position of said cover and which engages said magazine laterally to displace the same a predetermined distance upon movement of said cover to open position.

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